All Stars

M A N U F A C T U R I N G A L L S T A R S 2 0 11 3 Go online to www.newmfgalliance.org to view videos of the NEW Manufacturing All Stars N E W M A N U FA C T U R I N G A L L I A N C E All Star Mentor JOHN RANK O O O KI Green Bay Job title: Senior manufacturing engineer Job duties: Responsible for tooling and manufacturing, continuous improvement, evaluating special product requests and improving ergonomics and safety for technicians. Also manage the tool & die department and mentor high school students in youth apprenticeship program. What's most interesting about your job? Time never stands still at KI as I continue to gain knowledge. Mentoring high school students in the youth apprenticeship program is also very interesting. How did you decide on a career path? In high school, I took as many drafting and design classes that were offered and found them very enjoyable. I realized I had the ability to visualize objects/assemblies in my mind and could transfer those thoughts to paper. I was very interested in finding out how things were made, which led me into manufacturing. O O O O O C O U R T E S Y O F A L E X Z A C A R I A S , E D U C AT I O N A L T E L E V I S I O N P R O D U C T I O N S O F N O R T H E A S T W I S C O N S I N CAREER PATHWAYS IN MANUFACTURING T HE RECESSION TOOK A BITE OUT OF MANUFAC TURING JOBS, JUST LIKE everywhere else in the economy, but the manufacturing sector has already begun expanding and remains the strength of the Wisconsin economy. The state has added 25,400 jobs in 2010, and nearly 11,000 of those were in manufacturing. Total manufacturing employment in the state is expected to increase by 5 percent in 2011, with about 450,000 people employed in the sector at that time. In the 18-county region of the New North, the story is even more compelling. Even with the recession, machinist jobs in Northeast Wisconsin increased 12 percent from 2005 to 2010, according to a study by Economic Modeling Specialists. Jobs for computer-controlled machine tool operators increased by 22 percent and for welders by 11 percent. These are all jobs paying $17 per hour or more. For more information on the study, contact the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board at (920) 720-5600. Over the next decade, there is expected to be increasing demand for industrial engineers ($30+ per hour), industrial machinery mechanics ($22+), maintenance and repair workers ($17+) and machine tool operators ($17+). Most of those jobs require some skill training – either on-the-job apprenticeships or technical college – but these are long-lasting careers with significant payoff in earnings and personal satisfaction. PROJECTED GROWTH IN KEY MANUFACTURING JOBS W ith the expected retirement of the baby boomer population, the U.S. Department of Labor estimates that there will be the need for millions of new manufacturing workers over the next eight years. By 2018, the Labor Department estimates a national need for: 357,000 ...................................................................... Maintenance and repair workers 85,000 ......................................................................... Industrial engineers 62,400 ........................................................................ Industrial machinery mechanics 10,400 ......................................................................... Environmental technicians 18,500 ......................................................................... Industrial engineering technicians 15,000 .......................................................................... Machine tool operators SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE - A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MANUFACTURING AND ITS FUTURE. MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MANUFACTURING AND ITS FUTURE. Create a Ning Network! Sign Up Sign In Search MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE ALL STARS VIDEO AND PUBLICATION ONLINE NEW Manufacturing Alliance's third annual manufacturing All Stars recognition program can be seen online. To view this publication online, go to www.newmfgalliance.org and click on the cover, or use your mobile phone to scan the QR code on the right. The online version will also allow you to view videos of each All Star. To view a compilation video: www.newmfgalliance.org The NEW Manufacturing Alliance also supported development of a documentary by Educational Television Productions of Northeast Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Television to increase awareness about manufacturing in Wisconsin including the future for our next-generation of manufacturers. (See page 8.) To learn more, visit www.manufacturingthefuture.com.

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